Comparison

Pattern Generator vs Binary O'Clock

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Pattern Generator

Create custom test patterns for various resolutions and display types, including grids, color bars, and specialized formats. Easily share your generated patterns via messaging, email, or AirDrop.

Highlights
  • Create test patterns
  • Multiple pattern types (grids, color bars, etc.)
  • Supports various resolutions
  • Share patterns via message, mail, AirDrop
  • Wide screen patterns
Features
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Pattern Generator, allows you to create test patterns that in any resolution. Patterns available: Blendind (for wide screen). LED wall. Grid with or without circles. Spyder. 75% Color Bar 100% color bars. Horizontal 75% Color Bar. Horizontal Color Bar 100%. SMPTE color bar. Horizontal grayscale. You can send your pattern by message, mail or share with AirDrop.

About

Binary O'Clock

Features
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There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't. Binary O'Clock is a glowing binary clock for your iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. Six columns of LEDs show the time as hours, minutes and seconds, ticking away in ones and zeros. HOW TO READ IT Each column is one digit of the time: HH MM SS. Read each column from the bottom up. The LEDs are worth 1, 2, 4 and 8, so add up the ones that are lit to get the digit. For example, a column with the 2 and 4 LEDs lit shows 6. FEATURES • Full-screen 24-hour clock with hours, minutes and seconds • Widgets for the Home Screen, Lock Screen and StandBy • An Apple Watch app, and complications for your watch face • Keeps the screen on while the clock is showing • No ads, no accounts, no data collected BINARY O'CLOCK PRO Tap the clock to open Settings, and try any of it first: a live preview shows your clock before you buy. A one-time purchase unlocks, on Apple TV, Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Watch alike: • Themes: White, Aviation green, and Dust, with dark dots on sand • Round LEDs • Learning mode: shows what each LED is worth and the number in each column • 12-hour time • A speaking clock: touch and hold the clock to hear "14:32 and 20 seconds", then a beep exactly on the second No subscription. The classic blue clock stays free, widgets and complications included. Also on Apple TV and Mac. Perfect on the nightstand in StandBy, on your wrist, or as a daily brain teaser for anyone learning binary.

Screenshots

Pattern Generator4 screens
Binary O'Clock4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Binary O'Clock at Free against Pattern Generator's $4.99. Binary O'Clock also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 19 months) and device support (5 vs 2). Pattern Generator's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.0). On ads there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Binary O'Clock is free to download; Pattern Generator costs $4.99 up front. Binary O'Clock sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Pattern Generator asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pattern Generator ships an update every 19 months, Binary O'Clock every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Pattern Generator versus Binary O'Clock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPattern GeneratorBinary O'Clock
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperpiXapBackslashed

In-app purchases

None

Pattern Generator

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Binary O'Clock

One-time1
  • Binary O'Clock Pro$2.99

Questions

Is Pattern Generator free?
Pattern Generator costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Binary O'Clock free?
Binary O'Clock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Pattern Generator or Binary O'Clock have ads?
Neither Pattern Generator nor Binary O'Clock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pattern Generator or Binary O'Clock?
Pattern Generator ships an update every 19 months, and Binary O'Clock every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pattern Generator was updated on November 6, 2026 and Binary O'Clock on November 2, 2026.

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